Clarion 1971-05-07 Vol 46 No 23

the clarion Bethel College 1480 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, Minn. 55108
Vol XLVI—No. 23
May 7, 1971
Fuller President will speak
and interact wwiatnh community
on the inside
Legislature considers tuition aid Page 2
Entertaining play ends year with a laugh Page 3
God-honoring artist communicates Christ Page 3
Tennis team having best year yet Page 4
C. Howard Smith directing a Male Chorus rehearsal. The Male Chorus will be appearing in concert
by Joey Healy
Dr. David Allan Hubbard,
President and Professor of Old
Testament at Fuller Theological
Seminary, will be at Bethel on
Wednesday and Thursday, May
12 - 1 3 .
His topics in chapel will be
"An Old Look at Marriage--What
the Sex Manuals Skip Over,"
and "The New Fundamental-ism--
A Fresh Quest for a Pure
Church." On Wednesday, there
will be an 11 :4 5 luncheon meet-ing
with faculty who are free to
come.
Then, at 6 :45, in Room 106,
the student body is invited to a
session of feedback from chapel,
and a period of questions and
discussion.
Pastor Maurice Lawson
points out that "the morning
message will open questions con-cerning
ethics and morals. This
has been Dr. Hubbard's special
area of study. He is a fine and
articulate scholar, and particul-arly
able in this type of dialogue
situation."
Dr. Hubbard will also lead a
informal meeting for seniors in
the student center of the semin-ary,
at 8 :00 that evening. This
Dr. David Hubbard
by Dick Henry
The Bethel College Male Cho-rus
will be in Sacred Concert Fri-day
night, May 7, at 8:00 pm at
the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
28th and 15th Ave. So., Mpls.
The concert is sponsered by
the Lutheran Twin Cities Single
Adults as the Annual Spring
Musicale. The Male Chorus was
chosen to perform over many
other fine performing groups in
the Twin Cities area.
Opening the program will
be a section featuring a composi-tion
by J. Handl and "All Glory,
Praise, and Majesty," a cantata
by J.S. Bach.
Making "a Joyful Noise"
with a solo by James Spon be-gines
the second section. The sec-ond
number speaks of peace on
earth, followed by another that
manifests our Lord Jesus Christ
as the only Pea,ce on Earth. "Al-leluia"
by Randall Thompson
climaxes the first half of the
concert.
Senior Serendipity session will
involve a discussion of "An In-telligent
Faith."
Thursday, there will be a
luncheon at 11 :4 5 for those
anticipating church-related voca-tions.
He will speak on "Where
Theological Education Ought To
Go."
Dr. Hubbard is being
brought to Bethel by the
Thomas F. Staley Foundation,
which is paying the expenses for
his visit. This Foundation "is
firmly persuaded that the mess-age
of the Christian Gospel
when proclaimed in its historic
fullness is always contempor-ary,
relevant, and meaningful to
any generation.
by Wendell Wahlin
Do you long for some of that
pure, sweet music? Are you in
search of those sweet melodies
and hard-core harmonies...those
low-down tones done in the tru-ly
unique jug band mode?
Saturday, then, may be the
happy end of our quest. The Bo
Conrad Spit Band, rapidly be-coming
"one of the most sought
after jug bands in Minnesota,"
will be performing live and in
the raw splendor of the woods
surrounding Lake Valentine.
Saturday, May 8 , at 7 :30
pm, the Spit Band, together with
others from Bethel, will present
a benefit concert to assist the
financial needs of Peninah Apela,
a foreign student here at Bethel.
Perhaps you've noticed her pret-ty
smile as you've passed
through the dinner line.
A minimum $1.00 dona-tion
has been set for each person
attending the concert. A special
picnic supper and smelt fry will
precede the concert at 6 :00 pm,
The third section consists of
hymns and spirituals. Bruce Ko-bielush
and Cal Pearson direct
the first four spirituals, highlight-ed
by solos by each part. Two of
the choir's favorite numbers are
"Mary Had a Baby," arranged by
"To this end, - continues
their pamphlet, "the Foundat-ion
seeks to bring to the college
and university campuses of
America distinguished scholars
who truly believe and who can
clearly communicate to stu-dents."
Selection of the speaker is
left to the discretion of the
individual colleges.
"We are particularly fortun-ate
to have Dr. Hubbard coming
for these two days," says Pastor
Lawson, "for he represents the
kind of enlightened Christianity
that makes for a satisfying clos-ing
to the school year."
taking the place of the evening
meal.
Audience response as well,
has been far from discouraging.
The band members have been
overwhelmed on repeated occa-sions
by the enthusiastic appre-ciation
given them in their con-certs.
Their concert Saturday will
probably be the final one of the
current concert season, ending a
series of highly successful perfor-mances.
They have entertained
at such places as Hamline Univer-sity,
Normandale State Junior
College, University of Wisconsin,
Platteville, Brave New World, the
Whole coffee house at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and numer-ous
high schools and youth
ous area high schools and youth
groups.
Their appeal seems to center
around their ability to present a
relaxed atmosphere rich in hu-mor
as well as sweet melodies.
Their comical and subtle humor
seems to relax and captivate any
crowd, while their frankness to
C.E. Thomas, and "Thanks to
God," sung partly in Swedish.
Three of the choir's most dif-ficult
and beautiful numbers are
included in the concert's final
section, ending with the patrio-tic
"Battle Hymn of the Repub-share
their personal faith leaves
a deep impression.
The BCS Band is one of the
more successful student-initiated
musical groups to come out of
Bethel in recent years. "They
have continued on their own
beyond the sidewalks of the
Bethel block," said one person,
The Bethel fieldhouse will be
transformed into an auditorium
again Friday, May 7. The oc-casion
is a concert of sacred
Prayer .and Dedication for
song by Frank Boggs, interna-tionally
famous recordnig artist
for Word Records.
His concerts have been well-received
at leading colleges and
churches throughout the United
States and Canada,. as well as
Europe. A highlight of his career
lic."
There is no admission charge
for the final Male Chorus con-cert
and all are invited to at-tend.
Contact the music office
or Dr. C.H. Smith if directions
are needed.
May 7, at eight o'clock at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
Chorus sings last concert
"and have acheived a highly re-spectable
position among local
entertaining groups."
Saturday promises to be a
great day. Why not top it off
by helping a friend and enjoying
a delicious picnic and relaxing
concert.
Queen Elizabeth II on the eve
was singing at the Service of
of Her coronation. Aside from
his own concerts, he has appear-ed
extensively on television and
radio, and as guest soloist with
the Billy Graham team.
This will not be Frank Boggs .
first appearance at Bethel. When
here last he was received with
enthusiasm, and "his warm per-sonality
and gentle souther'
type manner established an en-joyable
atmosphere."
The music basically gospel
songs and spirituals, carries with
it this easy-going atmosphere.
The concert begins at 8 :00 p.m.
in the Fieldhouse. Tickets at
$1.00 apiece will be sold at the
door.
Chapel
May 10-14
Monday —Open mike for
Senior testimonies
Tuesday —Karlos Leyasmeyer,
Latvian author and
educator who lived
in Russia under
Communism
Wednesday —Dr. David Hub-bard,
President of
Fuller Theologi-cal
Seminary, Pas-adena,
California
Thursday —Dr. David Hubbard
Friday —Dr. Harm Weber,
President of Jud-son
College
With low-down jug band tones
Spit band to present benefit
Boggs concert offers
spiritual emphasis
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Editorial
Radical
Christianity
by Bob Miko
One of the major issues facing the Evangelical Christian today is that of
abortion. This was confirmed by the fact that two of the bills submitted be-fore
the American Association of Evangelical Students Congress dealt with
this specific issue. There was a concern among all that we as ambassadors for
Christ should represent Him in all areas of life.
The following is a list of pros and cons that were expressed by the students:
Pro: Women have the right of control over their own bodies. It is their
right to abort the child.
Con: She surrendered that right when she climbed into bed, and how
can a fetus be defined as a part of "her body?" Apparently it would be
the equivalent to that of a Siamese twin who murdered his brother, on
the premise that what he does with his body is his own business.
Pro: Women are being "forced" to go to quacks to have their bodies
mutilated in order to abort an unwanted child.
Con: The problem is not what you do after you have a child, "you shall
reap what you sow," but rather what you should do to prevent having a
child.
Pro: What about families who don't want a child, who can't afford to
support the child?
Con: We will be murdering unborn potential candidates to the Kingdom
of God.
Pro: What about the case where the baby will be deformed and live a
miserable life?
Con: That's true, the world would be a better place to live id Toulouse-
Lautrec, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Ray Charles, and some of the other
"deformed" people were prevented from being born.
Well, anyway, the list could go on for several pages. You've been exposed
to almost all of them before, so 111 not burden you with the furtherment of
this line of thought. Rather, I will lead you down a seldom-sought path of rela-tively
unexplored areas of this issue.
For too long too many people have only heard two sides to "the abortion
problem." My thesis is that aborting unborn children is a waste of perhaps one
of the greatest resources for the advancement of mankind. And could very
well be one of the best ways of eliminating the poverty problem.
How, you wonder, can all these things be accomplished?
Simplay this: instead of aborting the unwanted child; the mother has the ba-by
naturally. Then she donates (at a profit, of course) the child to the govern-ment,
a much better alternative to murdering "it." This would allow the gov-ernment
to aid the "poor" financially, since the statistics show that the "poor"
people are prone to have more illegitimate and unwanted children; and ezo to
take the "bothersome beasts" off the hands of busy parents who just don't
have time for "it."
Now the genesis of the plan sahll be revealed!
The government, with its hands full of "unwanted" children, would then
turn the kids over (at a profit of course, thereby easing the balance of pay-ments
problem) to a worthy group of research scientists.
This group of highly-trained biologists, psychologists, social scientists, and
human relations experts would then raise these "unwanted" children for use in
some very necessary experiments to benefit all mankind. Experiments like put-ting
electrodes in the base of the scull to discover how the human mind works;
exposing them to germs to find the badly needed cures for the world's di-seases;
exposing them to radiation to find a cure for radiation poisoning; plac-ing
a group of them on a deserted island while they are still very young, to de-termine
once and for all if it is man who is basically evil or if it is society that
makes him so; cutting off limbs to see ifthey can conceivably be regenerated.
There is just no limit to the benefits mankind could attain by adopting this
proposal.
We could also raise these children to become a professional Army; one that
wouldn't have the killing hang-ups we have. We'd simply breed all the moral
junk out of them. This, of course, would alleviate the draft.
So why should we "waste" perfectly good human beings by flushing them
down the sewers, simply because they are a burden to their parents?
Come let us petition the congress to adopt this as a nation-wide proposal...
Then we can picket and riot and...
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The Bethel College Community
St. Paul, Minnesota 5 510 8
Editor-in-Chief
Bob Miko
Copy Editor
Toni Magnuson
Production Editor
Sharon Watson
Sports Editor
Rich Zaderaka
Cartoonist
Darrell Nelson
Contributing Writers
Eldon Elseth
Joey Healy
Dick Henry
Darrell Nelson
Sarah Reasoner
Wendell Wahlin
Reflections on Washington
Two weeks ago six students
from Bethel College traveled to
Washington D.C. to express their
concerns and beliefs by parti-cipating
in the April 24 peace
march.
They joined other college stu-dents,
Congressmen, veterans,
church groups, blacks, Asians,
union workers, the old, the
young, radicals, liberals, moder-ates,
and conservatives, in
voicing common disapproval of
U.S. war policy. Everyone was
there except President Nixon,
The motivation behind the
participation of Bethel students
is the growing realization that
the Christian life must be expres-
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Part of the crowd, that
marched on the Capitol in
protest to the war in Viet -Nam.
only a voice for peace among
nations, but perhaps more im-portantly
a concern for peace
among men. A concern was ex-pressed
for the Black man, the
Chicano, workers, the poor, and
sed in practical action as well all others who's basic political
as ideological beliefs. Although freedoms and human rights have
the motivations of the different been denied. In the Christian
people who were in Washington ethic we also find and share
for the march are divers, there these concerns as Christ did.
was a unifying focus on the war Jesus ministered to the physical
issue. needs as well as to the spiritual
Our religious convictions and needs of the world.
the dictates of our personal con-, In the Spirit of Christ and of
sciences were the motivation for April 24 we extend to you our
our participation in the name of desire for Peace and our concern
Christ for the cause of Peace. for all mankind.
We believe that the Christian
doctrine is one of Peace and of
Jack Priggen
Love for all mankind and there- Barb Johnson
fore felt that our voices should
Myrna Chaddock
be added to the hundreds of
Chris Pinconbe
thousands of voices who were
expressing their desire for Peace. Editor's note: This editorial
We feel that participation in a does not reflect the view of the
mass non-violent demonstration Clarion staff.
is a valid form of protest which
is also effective in expressing the
thoughts and opinions of those
involved. The anti-war move-ment
gains momentum from
every expression of sentiment
against the U.S. involvement in
Indo China. The war in Viet-
Nam will end, not when a mil-itary
victory has been won, but
when the Anti-war movement
infiltrates every corner of life in
America and reaches the dimen-sions
necessary to elect repre-sentatives
of the people who will
seek peace. We believe the
Christians should be leaders in
this quest for peace rather than
a silent minority.
It is significant that the
actions of the marchers and
speakers at the rally were not
"It was the best, it was the biggest, it was the last of the
antiwar demonstrations. If it cannot convince the men who make
war and peace they can't safely go on with the conflict, then no
amount of marching, praying, or singing can change their minds."
Nicholas van Hoffman
November 1 5 , 19 6 9
State involvement aids Bethel students
by Sarah Reasoner
Are you a Minnesota resident
who could use a little extra
money to meet Bethel's rising
costs? This is news for you.
The Minnesota State Legisla-ture
is now considering several
bills crucial to private colleges
which appear to be beneficial to
Bethel. One bill (SF 870 ) pro-poses
changes in the present
State Scholarship and Grant Pro-gram.
The range in amount of
scholarships is changed from the
present $200 - $800, to $100 -
$1000, with the basis shifting
from tuition and fees plus $100
for books to one-half of demon-strated
need.
This year twenty Bethel
students received $15 ,525 in
Minnesota State Grants and
Scholarships. It is probable that
more Bethel students who are
Minnesota residents will benefit
if the Legislature passes this bill.
Another bill is the Student
Loan Program (HF 1323 and SF
2102 ) which provides for loans
of up to $500 per semester for
not more than eight semesters,
interest free until six months
after graduation. This should
loosen up some of the tight
purse strings to allow students of
private colleges to get in-terest-
free loans.
Funding for the New Campus
may be benefitted by a third
bill, the Education Facilities Bill
(SF 1547 and HF 2580 ). This
bill establishes a Higher Educa-tion
Facilities Authority to make
tax-exempt bonds available for
private colleges.
This type of information
comes to the Bethel Community
through Dwight Jessup who is
Bethel's Legislative Representa-tive.
Bethel and fifteen other
colleges make up the Minnesota
Private College Council. This
Council serves as a lobby in the
state and national legislatures to
support the interests of the
Minnesota private colleges.
Dr. Edgar Carlson, Executive
Director of the Council states
that these three bills in question
will save the taxpayer money. It
costs the state a great deal less if
a Minnesota resident chooses to
attend a private college rather
than a state university. Thus,
strengthening private colleges
saves the state money.
Also, in the sixties the private
colleges added enrollemnt equal
to three state colleges, two and a
half UMD's or the metropolitan
junior colleges. Private colleges
in Minnesota have grown tre-mendously
and they could con-tinue
to grow with legislative
support.
Dwight Jessup has another
job in addition to providing in-formation.
He also attempts to
encourage the Bethel commun-ity
to write to legislators on
their interest in important bills.
Mr. Jessup believes that "to
really be effective you have to
effect elections."
I feel compelled to add a
little editorial comment. Fre-quently
we have been told to be-come
more politically active,
usually by signing petitions,
demonstrating, campaigning.
These ways are all somewhat
effective. But writing a member
of the legislature is also very
effective. In a sense, writing a
letter is harder to do than sign-ing
a petition or demonstrating.
You cannot hide in the annoni-mity
of a group.
All Minnesota residents who
are 19 and over can now vote in
all state and national elections.
We should exercise our powers
as citizens. If you need inform-ation
as to what district you are
from or who your representa-tives
are you can check the
Minnesota Legislative Manual
and the Legislative Directory
(both are in our library). Mr.
Jessup is also available for infor-mation.
He would like to know
if you wrote to your-representa-tive
and what type of response
you received.
The Bethel Student Senate
ratified a statement supporting
these bills. They are sending
copies of their statement to Rep-resentative
Robert North and
Senator John Tracy Anderson
who represent the district in
which Bethel is located. It would
be good for Bethel students to
follow the Senate's example. If
we don't speak up so as to be
heard, we will become the young
members of the Great Silent
Majority.
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We, the student Senate of Bethel College, representing the Student
body wish to urge passage of bills 5870, HF1323 and SF2102. We
feel these bills are vital in order to allow worthy students to con-tinue
with their education. Due to rising costs, some of our students
may not be able to continue here without' this additional aid in
grants and scholarships. As students in a private college we realize
we are in a position to benefit from passage of these bills.
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This is the fianl scene in "You Can't Take It With You." This
production is currently running in room 106 through May 8.
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Christian art
reveals Creator
rw"... The7 e a tendency among Christians to view today's I art as "out there in the world." When a Christian speaks
I of being an artist, we immediately imagine a person who
I does chalk-talks in church services or designs bulletins
for the morning worship hour. A really good artist makes I those illustrations we have all seen in Sunday school
I papers and flannel-graph kits.-
Is this Christian art? Not so! God never intended the
I artist to be so buried under a mountain of prejudice
and misunderstanding. The God-honoring artist is more
I than a mere pawn to be used as a communicative vehicle
second to preaching or singing. God intended that there
be artists who honor him and give their lives to this end I altogether.
Art is as Christ-like or anti-Christ like as people are.
I And we all know that some people are living for God and
A others are not. The creative efforts going on around
us, which are considered to be normal art, do not reflect
the life God intended for man. How then should the art-ist
fit as a cog in the wheel of Christian movement.
From the beginning of consideration on this issue, we I cannot reduce art to the level of just another occupation.
I Artistic ability is a definite endowment from God. It is
untrue to say, as many contemporary critics and artists
alike are saying, "everything is art, therefore there is no
I art:' This communicative talent must be viewed as a gift
I that not every man has received.
To be an artist is to be a communicator. It is to
express what most men can only desire to express. It ful-fills
basic drives of man. Humans need to find release in
expression, either their own or that of another. Man
wants to communicate his inner self in a way that words
cannot satisfy. Man needs to have symbols with which he
can identify and use to understand himself and his exis-tence.
So, the artist frees the creative drive present in all of
us. He cannot forget this role. All men can express them-selves,
but not all can do so as accurately and universally
as the artist. In expressing himself and making aesthetic-ally-
pleasing forms, he satisfies an urge common to all
men.
This responsibility to men need not stifle the artist's
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personal creativity and individualism if he is in constant
union with the Creator. Anything less than total sub-mission
to God is actually unnatural, against the original
creative act of God. Therefore, only the artist who is con-tinually
in God's control can be a complete artist in all
the ramifications of the word. Then and only then can he
portray a proper view of reality, nature, time and
mankind.
The artist who does not recognize God for who God
really is will invariably present an untrue view. God
is not religious. He completes all of life. He is the origin-ator
and sustainer of all things. So, there is purpose in be-ing.
There is order to physical existence. There is a
reality. There is a correct way of valuing the physical
and its stimuli.
The artist separated from God cannot possibly pre-by
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sent the truth. He finds only confusion. He does not
know to what degree he can trust his own senses so he
imagines other kinds of reality instead. True, there is
more than the physical sense and stimuli, but the artist
separated from God cannot perceive the proper balance.
He either views physical sensation as totally unreliable or
he views it as an end in itself. He either sees life as pur-poseless
or he conjures up a purpose other than the true
one, that of glorifying God. He is either overcome by
the evil of life or he ignores it.
Only by knowing God can the artist understand any
of these concepts in totality. Only the Spirit can
show the artist what is real and what is not or what is
true and what is not.
The artist who lives in submission to God can have a
totally realistic view of life. He can accept the
and positive aspects of life without being overcome by
either. This type of existence puts into proper perspec-tive
all of life - the present, the past, the future, the
physical, the mental, and the spiritual. It enables the art-ist
to correctly understand man's questions about life,
the presence of evil and injustice and the presence of
hope and victory. It enables him to be knowledgeable
and yet confident. Without God, man cannot accept
opposing truths. He cannot understand the coexistence
of good and evil or the mutual being of physical reality
and physical incompleteness. With God as the ruler of all,
the artist can aid in the praise of the Creator and also
portray the redeemed life to men outside of the union
with God.
The artist does things that other men cannot do. He
is needed. The Christian world must have artists who are
artists, not secondary decorators. They are needed be-cause
there is too little God-honoring art, and the public
needs to understand the true presence and purpose of
art.
The artist seeks to communicate Christ to unbelievers
as well as aiding the body in the area already discussed.
He is not only an evangelical of unique position nor is he
merely a creator of things to enjoy. He must consider the
urgency of spreading the gospel in the most effective
way. He must also understand the need of the body of
Christ to have visual expression and corporate symbolic
identity. He is much like other Christians except that his
sensitivities are more finely honed and his communicative
skills are much more accurate, universal, aesthetic, and
complete. He is like other believers in that he must seek
the perfection and complete emptying of potential that A
only Christ can motivate and properly direct. This is
why he cannot stop continually examining his own work
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and that of his contemporaries in a critical manner.
So, the God glorifying artist is actually a model of the
only true Creator. He therefore creates in a way that I
emulates God's creative acts. He reveals order, purpose, I
and meaning. God saw what He had done in his original
creation and said that it was good. In the same way the V
artist makes us aware of the continual creativity of God, I
negative and as such he is an important individual.
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You Can't Take It With You
Play entertains, portrays life
For the first time in Bethel's
history, students will have an
opportunity to accompany the
college choir on a humanities--
art, drama, and German culture
tour of Europe.
Leaving by charter plane
December 30, the group will fly
to Amsterdam to begin a thrity-day
tour of Austria, Belgium,
England, France, East and West
Germany, Holland, Switzerland
and Wales.
In addition to the choir's
scheduled European tour during
Interim '7 2 , the art, drama and
German departments will also be
touring the countries, spending
part of their time with the choir
and part on their own.
Gene Johnson will be guiding
the art group through variou
museums, cathedrals and other
areas of interest. Besides tourinr
and sight-seeing with the an
groups, drama students under
Dale Rott will be presenting-dramatic
productions on U.S.
Army and Air Force bases.
Heidi Weichsies will ahve the
German culture group, planning
to spend most of their time in
Germnay.
The basic idea behind the arts
and culture tour, according to
Dr. Robert Berglund, "is to pro-vide
an opportunity for students
to speiclaize in one area but also
to capitalize in areas of other
experiences."
For example, while each
group will be touring and study-ing
its own area in depth, all will
have an opportunity to attend
an opera or concert, certain
museums and cathedrals, and
perhaps a dramatic production
together.
Choir members will also be
able to tap. into one of the other
tours, and thereby gain credit
for their time in Europe.
Because the choir is sponser-ing
the tour, and a plane has
been chartered, the cost for the
entire trip, all food, traveling,
and housing expenses included,
is 5595. per student. Travel ser-vice
representatives said that it
would cost from S1800 to
$2000 to duplicate such a tour
individually.
A payment plan will be set up
by Sharon Watson
The Pulitzer Prize winning
play of 1936, "You Can't Take
It With You," is being presented
this week by a cast of 19 from
the Bethel Speech-Drama De-partment.
The play, a light comedy,
centers around a family that
refuses to have their actions
dictated by society. Each mem-ber
is characterized by a pecu-liar
habit such as dancing, snake
hunting, playwriting, or making
fireworks.
in the near future, with deposits
due before school is out. Watch
for reservation details if you ire
interested in being a part of the
Interim '72 European tour.
Band returns
to perform
The Bethel College Band, re-turning
from their ten-day spring
tour, will be performing a home-coming
concert a Trinity Bap-tist
Church this Sunday, May 9,
beginning at 7 :30 pm.
The tour, covering the three
states of Nebraska, Iowa, and
Colorado, promised to be worth-while.
The band has performed
in many conference churches, re-presenting
Jesus Christ and Beth-el
throughout the tour.
The Bethel Band says that
their purpose is to glorify God
through their music, and Sun-day's
homecoming will give the
Twin-City Area an opportunity
to evidence this same testimony
heard by several western states
in the past few days.
Attracted to this family is
an assemblage of unique char-acters
including a Russian bal-let
instructor, a welfare case,
and an alcoholic actress.
Together they find excite-ment,
relaxation, and "happi-ness."
Each allows the others
"to do their own thing."
Discord enters the household,
Play
Review
however, when a young daughter
falls in love with a member of
the establishment. The fireworks
begin to blow when the fan-Mies
of the young lovers have an
encounter.
The plot is carried by humor
both in lines and characters.
The characters are exaggerated
and sterotyped. Each of the
actors also exaggerate expression
to make it more comical. The
action is good and many times
it was difficult to decide who
to watch.
The purpose of the play,
which was realized, was enter-tainment.
Steve Terrel, director,
said they wanted "to offer
little variety in the types of
plays presented. Also, it's good
to leave the school year with a
laugh."
Even though the purpose of
the play was solely entertain-ment,
the play made several
comments. One was a reminder
of man's continual search for
happiness and satisfaction. The
grandfather left business because
he was unhappy. A business-man's
wife expressed her dissat-tisfaction
through a silly game
All of the characters were
searching in some way for mean-ing
in life. To one meaning was
found in playing the xylophone
and fiddling with a printing
press. To another meaning was
sou ht in reminiscin' of the •lo-rious
heritage of Russia before
the revolution. To the mother
meaning was found in playwri-ting--
the war play, the sex play,
the labor play--just play.
The significance of the play,
as indicated by the title, did
not go quite far enough. It only
saw the first part of Christ's
warning. "Do not lay up for
yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust consume
and where thieves break in and
steal," (for "You Can't Take
It With You").
The plot has potential with
some adaptation and revision
while still maintaining the hu-mor
to satisfy the rest of the
admonition from Matthew's
Gospel. "But lay up for your-selves
treasure in heaven where
neither moth nor rust consume
and where thieves do not break
in and steal."
It also could have given an
answer to the meaning of life.
"For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also."
Steve Terrel directing the
players in his current production.
Tour integrates the arts
Friday, May 7, 1971
the CLARION Page 3
Chapel exchange creates interaction,
Wheaton group leaves favorably impressed with Bethel
by Eldon Elseth
Wednesday, April 22, a dark
blue and orange van pulled into
the Bethel College parking lot.
Who were these people? Simply
some students from our cousin
21 Years; Bethel Comes of
Age, is the title of this year's
All-School Banquet. This year
the banquet will be held Satur-day,
May, 22 at the Radissen
Hotel in Minneapolis.
The banquet committee un-der
the leadership of Steve Ter-rell,
has been working for the
past few months "to make this
year's banquet the best one
ever."
Hugh McLoed, head of the
program committee, indicated
that they have a great night lin-ed
up. "A few people are in for
a big surprise," says Hugh.
school, Wheaton College, who
came to present a chapel here.
It all started a year ago as an
experiment between the student
governments of both schools,
"in an attempt to create more
"The All-School Banquet is
just what the name implies,"
said one member of the commit-tee.
"It's kind of like chapel—
attendance is not required but,
you are expected to be there."
"Besides, it's your loss if you
don't go," another member add-ed.
"It's not a date affair at all."
As one committee member
said,"It's free, so what have you
got to loose? Join us for a great
time."
Tickets are free to all full-time
students, but they must be
picked up. Tickets may be
picked up at the ticket booth.
interaction between Wheaton
and Bethel." In it's initial year
it has become known as the
Bethel-Wheaton Chapel Ex-change
Program. Bethel students
Jon Lewis, Hugh McLeod
Becky Smith, and Eldon Elseth,
presented a similar chapel at
Wheaton on January 22 of this
year.
Six students from many dif-ferent
segments of the Wheaton
community presented the chapel
here last Thursday. Among the
group were Rich Flegle, a Min-nehaha
Academy graduate with
a fantastic voice; Lora Trail, a
Wheaton junior who has a sister
named Beth at Bethel; Jim Back-strom,
another junior who also
has a sister at Bethel; Tom
Aadlund, a resident of Anoka,
Minnesota; Lee Howard, an M.K.
from Ecuador; and John Rich-ards,
a sophomore involved in
Wheaton student government.
Also with the group was Miss Pat
Milegan, director of Christian
Service at Wheaton.
Most of the group said that
they were impressed with the
unity and friendliness of Bethel
students, although Tom Aadland
noted that Bethel and Wheaton
students seem much the same
with similar hangups.
Lee Howard said that he felt
a sense of closeness during his
short stay here and would you
believe, even sensed an atmos-phere
of intelligence? "It was
good to speak in a chapel," Lee
also added,"where students were
not required to attend as at
Wheaton, but rather wanted to
be there."
Jim Backstrom, president of
Wheaton Christian Service Coun-cil,
was also favorably impressed,
although he wasn't sure about
the change in his sister Mary-esp-ecially
with her long hair.
Jim further remarked that
there was value in chapel ex-change,
but it's purpose should
not be just for "showing off
one's school or to merely give
information about what is hap-pening."
Rather,"it should be
geared to what is helpful and
inspiring" for the two schools
in common.
Both Jim and Tom thought
that Wheaton and Bethel were
experiencing a spiritual awak-ening,
and that communication
such 'as this is helpful to both
schools.
The chapel seemed to be well
recieved by Bethel students.
Beth Trail, for example, pointed
out that her sister Lora "was
the best looking speaker" in the
group and that she did an "ex-cellent
job of expressing her at-titudes
as a Wheaton student."
Several members of the group
here
their desire to stay
longer, and Lee said he
hoped we could develop a four.
or five day exchange program
between Bethel and Wheaton
students. He felt that such a pro-gram
would definitely be
valuable.
Before the group left, Dr. Art
Lewis, a former -Wheaton stu-dent,
warned them not to ex-ceed
70 mph on Interstate 94,
recalling his own experiences on
that freeway. And with those
wise words, the dark-blue and
orange colored van departed.
Free banquet promises
surprises, great time
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James first in St. Cloud 440
A week ago Saturday, April
24, Bethel hosted the fifth an-nuel
Bethel Relays which inclu-ded
six teams. Up against very
stiff competition from both the
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other teams and the wind
Firsts were taken in both the
the trackmen did not manage 440 and mile relays. Rick Cas-any
first or seconds. Thirds were teel won the javelin. Phil James
taken however in the javelin won the 440 with a 50.9 fol-relay,
440, 880, and mile relays
as well as the high hurdles.
make entires in the distance
bers, the team was unable to
Plagued again by lack of num-
51.6.
double loss to Phil at Southwest
lowed closely by Bob Berggren's
Bob, still heated over his
relays and some field events. Baptist College, came to beat
Poor hand-offs also proved to be him by a tenth of a second in
the 220 and took first place.
costly in many of the relays. Gary Hipp won the intermediates
wSto.n J tohhen m'se eUtn. iversity handily and placed second in the highs.
Rick Berggren took a second in
The following Monday, April the 880.
26, proved to be a far better Saturday, May 1, the team
meet for the team. Out of the travelled to St. Cloud for a 13-
six teams represented at the Con- team invitational meet. For the
cordia Invitational, Bethel placed most part, individual perform-second
only to Anoka-Ramsey. ances were not good.
The strength Anoka-Ramsey ex- Phil James however, won the
hibited in the distance events, 440 yard dash and took home a
especially the three-mile in trophy for his 50.5 lead on the
which they scored thirteen field. The mile relay team fin-points,
resulted in their one and ished fifth overall.
a half point margin over Bethel. This Saturday, May 8, Bethel
will compete in the Macalester
Some of the times recorded Invitational. It promises to ofer
against a strong headwind on the fine competition and a good
"cement" dirt track were very track. Each member will be striv-good.
Strongest, events continu- ing for individual bests since
ed to be the 220 and 440. places will be hard to come by.
to St. Thomas by ••eating them
by that same score. This vic-tory
was very satisfying to the
team.
Senior co-captain Gary Ask,
now playing 2nd singles for
Bethel, won an easy pro set
10-1. Steve Bloom (no. 3 ), Pete
Calhoun (no. 4 ), Dave Selvig
(no. 5 ), and Jim V. Nelson
(no. 6 ) were also winners.
Our other Jim Nelson, ham-pered
by a knee injury, will
hopefully be able to play today
in Bethel's biggest home match
of the year against WSU at Eau
Claire. The match begins at 3 :00
p.m .
Saturday the tennis team
entertains Dr. Martin Luther
College in another home match
at 1 :00 p.m.
Bethel's record, including a
default from Northwestern
College of Iowa, now stands at
seven wins and only one loss.
Coach Narvaez feels that this
team is probably the best in
Bethel's history.
by Rich Zaderaka
Bethel's baseball team lost all four of their games last week
causing their season record to slide to 4-8. In at least five of the de-feats,
one bad inning spelled the difference. The team has consis-tently
let a couple of bad breaks get them down, whereupon the
roof caves in.
Hamline had a nine-run inning a couple of weeks ago, and an-other
big inning last week. Carleton had four and five run innings in
the doubleheader last Saturday and the University freshman also
came up with a big rally to hand the Royals a defeat.
The team seems to be lacking the aggressive attitude necessary
to prevent little mistakes from turning into big disasters.
••••••••••111411•
The racket squad is off to an extremely successful start so far
having won seven of eight matches. The record would be six and one
except for some unethical tactics on the part of one of Morris' net-sters.
Kim Gustafson led the Royal team with a six and zero record
going into this week.
•••••••••••••
Bob Elliott and a friend had just finished playing a 145-yard
hole, and were about to move on to the next hole, when a shot came
over the ridge that his the tee-off spot from view. The ball stopped
18 inches from the cup.
"Let's give this fellow the thrill of his life," said Bob tapping
the ball into the cup.
They watched as the golfer came over the ridge onto the green
looked into the cup, and saw his ball. The fellow's excited cry
startled them.
"Harry, Harry, I made it in SIX !!"
Bethel's tennis team travelled
to River Falls, Wisconsin, last
week to play Wisconsin State
University. WSU fielded one of
the best teams seen by Bethel
this year, but the Bethel squad,
playing some of its finest tennis
of the year, came home a winner
with a 6-3 victory.
Steve Bloom, one of Bethel's
veteran players, won the key
match (4 -6 , 6 -4 , 6 -4 ) that clinch-ed
Bethel's win. Steve put toge-ther
all the parts of his game and
his was the outstanding match.
Kim Gustafson, Gary Ask,
and Steve Lee were easy victors
in other singles matches.
Bethel's match against the
University of Minnesota at
Morris ended with an unfortu-nate
dispute over the poor line
calls of a Morris player. Since
there was no accepted victor,
the match became essentially a
tough scrimmage.
On Monday, the Bethel net-men
avenged last year's 7-2 loss
Kim Gustafson returns volley in doubles play. The team, believed to be the best in Bethel's
history, now stands a seven wins and only one lose.
Bethel competes at Macalester eansmemmilimmum
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the clarion Bethel College 1480 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul, Minn. 55108
Vol XLVI—No. 23
May 7, 1971
Fuller President will speak
and interact wwiatnh community
on the inside
Legislature considers tuition aid Page 2
Entertaining play ends year with a laugh Page 3
God-honoring artist communicates Christ Page 3
Tennis team having best year yet Page 4
C. Howard Smith directing a Male Chorus rehearsal. The Male Chorus will be appearing in concert
by Joey Healy
Dr. David Allan Hubbard,
President and Professor of Old
Testament at Fuller Theological
Seminary, will be at Bethel on
Wednesday and Thursday, May
12 - 1 3 .
His topics in chapel will be
"An Old Look at Marriage--What
the Sex Manuals Skip Over,"
and "The New Fundamental-ism--
A Fresh Quest for a Pure
Church." On Wednesday, there
will be an 11 :4 5 luncheon meet-ing
with faculty who are free to
come.
Then, at 6 :45, in Room 106,
the student body is invited to a
session of feedback from chapel,
and a period of questions and
discussion.
Pastor Maurice Lawson
points out that "the morning
message will open questions con-cerning
ethics and morals. This
has been Dr. Hubbard's special
area of study. He is a fine and
articulate scholar, and particul-arly
able in this type of dialogue
situation."
Dr. Hubbard will also lead a
informal meeting for seniors in
the student center of the semin-ary,
at 8 :00 that evening. This
Dr. David Hubbard
by Dick Henry
The Bethel College Male Cho-rus
will be in Sacred Concert Fri-day
night, May 7, at 8:00 pm at
the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
28th and 15th Ave. So., Mpls.
The concert is sponsered by
the Lutheran Twin Cities Single
Adults as the Annual Spring
Musicale. The Male Chorus was
chosen to perform over many
other fine performing groups in
the Twin Cities area.
Opening the program will
be a section featuring a composi-tion
by J. Handl and "All Glory,
Praise, and Majesty," a cantata
by J.S. Bach.
Making "a Joyful Noise"
with a solo by James Spon be-gines
the second section. The sec-ond
number speaks of peace on
earth, followed by another that
manifests our Lord Jesus Christ
as the only Pea,ce on Earth. "Al-leluia"
by Randall Thompson
climaxes the first half of the
concert.
Senior Serendipity session will
involve a discussion of "An In-telligent
Faith."
Thursday, there will be a
luncheon at 11 :4 5 for those
anticipating church-related voca-tions.
He will speak on "Where
Theological Education Ought To
Go."
Dr. Hubbard is being
brought to Bethel by the
Thomas F. Staley Foundation,
which is paying the expenses for
his visit. This Foundation "is
firmly persuaded that the mess-age
of the Christian Gospel
when proclaimed in its historic
fullness is always contempor-ary,
relevant, and meaningful to
any generation.
by Wendell Wahlin
Do you long for some of that
pure, sweet music? Are you in
search of those sweet melodies
and hard-core harmonies...those
low-down tones done in the tru-ly
unique jug band mode?
Saturday, then, may be the
happy end of our quest. The Bo
Conrad Spit Band, rapidly be-coming
"one of the most sought
after jug bands in Minnesota,"
will be performing live and in
the raw splendor of the woods
surrounding Lake Valentine.
Saturday, May 8 , at 7 :30
pm, the Spit Band, together with
others from Bethel, will present
a benefit concert to assist the
financial needs of Peninah Apela,
a foreign student here at Bethel.
Perhaps you've noticed her pret-ty
smile as you've passed
through the dinner line.
A minimum $1.00 dona-tion
has been set for each person
attending the concert. A special
picnic supper and smelt fry will
precede the concert at 6 :00 pm,
The third section consists of
hymns and spirituals. Bruce Ko-bielush
and Cal Pearson direct
the first four spirituals, highlight-ed
by solos by each part. Two of
the choir's favorite numbers are
"Mary Had a Baby," arranged by
"To this end, - continues
their pamphlet, "the Foundat-ion
seeks to bring to the college
and university campuses of
America distinguished scholars
who truly believe and who can
clearly communicate to stu-dents."
Selection of the speaker is
left to the discretion of the
individual colleges.
"We are particularly fortun-ate
to have Dr. Hubbard coming
for these two days," says Pastor
Lawson, "for he represents the
kind of enlightened Christianity
that makes for a satisfying clos-ing
to the school year."
taking the place of the evening
meal.
Audience response as well,
has been far from discouraging.
The band members have been
overwhelmed on repeated occa-sions
by the enthusiastic appre-ciation
given them in their con-certs.
Their concert Saturday will
probably be the final one of the
current concert season, ending a
series of highly successful perfor-mances.
They have entertained
at such places as Hamline Univer-sity,
Normandale State Junior
College, University of Wisconsin,
Platteville, Brave New World, the
Whole coffee house at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and numer-ous
high schools and youth
ous area high schools and youth
groups.
Their appeal seems to center
around their ability to present a
relaxed atmosphere rich in hu-mor
as well as sweet melodies.
Their comical and subtle humor
seems to relax and captivate any
crowd, while their frankness to
C.E. Thomas, and "Thanks to
God," sung partly in Swedish.
Three of the choir's most dif-ficult
and beautiful numbers are
included in the concert's final
section, ending with the patrio-tic
"Battle Hymn of the Repub-share
their personal faith leaves
a deep impression.
The BCS Band is one of the
more successful student-initiated
musical groups to come out of
Bethel in recent years. "They
have continued on their own
beyond the sidewalks of the
Bethel block," said one person,
The Bethel fieldhouse will be
transformed into an auditorium
again Friday, May 7. The oc-casion
is a concert of sacred
Prayer .and Dedication for
song by Frank Boggs, interna-tionally
famous recordnig artist
for Word Records.
His concerts have been well-received
at leading colleges and
churches throughout the United
States and Canada,. as well as
Europe. A highlight of his career
lic."
There is no admission charge
for the final Male Chorus con-cert
and all are invited to at-tend.
Contact the music office
or Dr. C.H. Smith if directions
are needed.
May 7, at eight o'clock at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
Chorus sings last concert
"and have acheived a highly re-spectable
position among local
entertaining groups."
Saturday promises to be a
great day. Why not top it off
by helping a friend and enjoying
a delicious picnic and relaxing
concert.
Queen Elizabeth II on the eve
was singing at the Service of
of Her coronation. Aside from
his own concerts, he has appear-ed
extensively on television and
radio, and as guest soloist with
the Billy Graham team.
This will not be Frank Boggs .
first appearance at Bethel. When
here last he was received with
enthusiasm, and "his warm per-sonality
and gentle souther'
type manner established an en-joyable
atmosphere."
The music basically gospel
songs and spirituals, carries with
it this easy-going atmosphere.
The concert begins at 8 :00 p.m.
in the Fieldhouse. Tickets at
$1.00 apiece will be sold at the
door.
Chapel
May 10-14
Monday —Open mike for
Senior testimonies
Tuesday —Karlos Leyasmeyer,
Latvian author and
educator who lived
in Russia under
Communism
Wednesday —Dr. David Hub-bard,
President of
Fuller Theologi-cal
Seminary, Pas-adena,
California
Thursday —Dr. David Hubbard
Friday —Dr. Harm Weber,
President of Jud-son
College
With low-down jug band tones
Spit band to present benefit
Boggs concert offers
spiritual emphasis
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Editorial
Radical
Christianity
by Bob Miko
One of the major issues facing the Evangelical Christian today is that of
abortion. This was confirmed by the fact that two of the bills submitted be-fore
the American Association of Evangelical Students Congress dealt with
this specific issue. There was a concern among all that we as ambassadors for
Christ should represent Him in all areas of life.
The following is a list of pros and cons that were expressed by the students:
Pro: Women have the right of control over their own bodies. It is their
right to abort the child.
Con: She surrendered that right when she climbed into bed, and how
can a fetus be defined as a part of "her body?" Apparently it would be
the equivalent to that of a Siamese twin who murdered his brother, on
the premise that what he does with his body is his own business.
Pro: Women are being "forced" to go to quacks to have their bodies
mutilated in order to abort an unwanted child.
Con: The problem is not what you do after you have a child, "you shall
reap what you sow," but rather what you should do to prevent having a
child.
Pro: What about families who don't want a child, who can't afford to
support the child?
Con: We will be murdering unborn potential candidates to the Kingdom
of God.
Pro: What about the case where the baby will be deformed and live a
miserable life?
Con: That's true, the world would be a better place to live id Toulouse-
Lautrec, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Ray Charles, and some of the other
"deformed" people were prevented from being born.
Well, anyway, the list could go on for several pages. You've been exposed
to almost all of them before, so 111 not burden you with the furtherment of
this line of thought. Rather, I will lead you down a seldom-sought path of rela-tively
unexplored areas of this issue.
For too long too many people have only heard two sides to "the abortion
problem." My thesis is that aborting unborn children is a waste of perhaps one
of the greatest resources for the advancement of mankind. And could very
well be one of the best ways of eliminating the poverty problem.
How, you wonder, can all these things be accomplished?
Simplay this: instead of aborting the unwanted child; the mother has the ba-by
naturally. Then she donates (at a profit, of course) the child to the govern-ment,
a much better alternative to murdering "it." This would allow the gov-ernment
to aid the "poor" financially, since the statistics show that the "poor"
people are prone to have more illegitimate and unwanted children; and ezo to
take the "bothersome beasts" off the hands of busy parents who just don't
have time for "it."
Now the genesis of the plan sahll be revealed!
The government, with its hands full of "unwanted" children, would then
turn the kids over (at a profit of course, thereby easing the balance of pay-ments
problem) to a worthy group of research scientists.
This group of highly-trained biologists, psychologists, social scientists, and
human relations experts would then raise these "unwanted" children for use in
some very necessary experiments to benefit all mankind. Experiments like put-ting
electrodes in the base of the scull to discover how the human mind works;
exposing them to germs to find the badly needed cures for the world's di-seases;
exposing them to radiation to find a cure for radiation poisoning; plac-ing
a group of them on a deserted island while they are still very young, to de-termine
once and for all if it is man who is basically evil or if it is society that
makes him so; cutting off limbs to see ifthey can conceivably be regenerated.
There is just no limit to the benefits mankind could attain by adopting this
proposal.
We could also raise these children to become a professional Army; one that
wouldn't have the killing hang-ups we have. We'd simply breed all the moral
junk out of them. This, of course, would alleviate the draft.
So why should we "waste" perfectly good human beings by flushing them
down the sewers, simply because they are a burden to their parents?
Come let us petition the congress to adopt this as a nation-wide proposal...
Then we can picket and riot and...
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The Bethel College Community
St. Paul, Minnesota 5 510 8
Editor-in-Chief
Bob Miko
Copy Editor
Toni Magnuson
Production Editor
Sharon Watson
Sports Editor
Rich Zaderaka
Cartoonist
Darrell Nelson
Contributing Writers
Eldon Elseth
Joey Healy
Dick Henry
Darrell Nelson
Sarah Reasoner
Wendell Wahlin
Reflections on Washington
Two weeks ago six students
from Bethel College traveled to
Washington D.C. to express their
concerns and beliefs by parti-cipating
in the April 24 peace
march.
They joined other college stu-dents,
Congressmen, veterans,
church groups, blacks, Asians,
union workers, the old, the
young, radicals, liberals, moder-ates,
and conservatives, in
voicing common disapproval of
U.S. war policy. Everyone was
there except President Nixon,
The motivation behind the
participation of Bethel students
is the growing realization that
the Christian life must be expres-
0
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Part of the crowd, that
marched on the Capitol in
protest to the war in Viet -Nam.
only a voice for peace among
nations, but perhaps more im-portantly
a concern for peace
among men. A concern was ex-pressed
for the Black man, the
Chicano, workers, the poor, and
sed in practical action as well all others who's basic political
as ideological beliefs. Although freedoms and human rights have
the motivations of the different been denied. In the Christian
people who were in Washington ethic we also find and share
for the march are divers, there these concerns as Christ did.
was a unifying focus on the war Jesus ministered to the physical
issue. needs as well as to the spiritual
Our religious convictions and needs of the world.
the dictates of our personal con-, In the Spirit of Christ and of
sciences were the motivation for April 24 we extend to you our
our participation in the name of desire for Peace and our concern
Christ for the cause of Peace. for all mankind.
We believe that the Christian
doctrine is one of Peace and of
Jack Priggen
Love for all mankind and there- Barb Johnson
fore felt that our voices should
Myrna Chaddock
be added to the hundreds of
Chris Pinconbe
thousands of voices who were
expressing their desire for Peace. Editor's note: This editorial
We feel that participation in a does not reflect the view of the
mass non-violent demonstration Clarion staff.
is a valid form of protest which
is also effective in expressing the
thoughts and opinions of those
involved. The anti-war move-ment
gains momentum from
every expression of sentiment
against the U.S. involvement in
Indo China. The war in Viet-
Nam will end, not when a mil-itary
victory has been won, but
when the Anti-war movement
infiltrates every corner of life in
America and reaches the dimen-sions
necessary to elect repre-sentatives
of the people who will
seek peace. We believe the
Christians should be leaders in
this quest for peace rather than
a silent minority.
It is significant that the
actions of the marchers and
speakers at the rally were not
"It was the best, it was the biggest, it was the last of the
antiwar demonstrations. If it cannot convince the men who make
war and peace they can't safely go on with the conflict, then no
amount of marching, praying, or singing can change their minds."
Nicholas van Hoffman
November 1 5 , 19 6 9
State involvement aids Bethel students
by Sarah Reasoner
Are you a Minnesota resident
who could use a little extra
money to meet Bethel's rising
costs? This is news for you.
The Minnesota State Legisla-ture
is now considering several
bills crucial to private colleges
which appear to be beneficial to
Bethel. One bill (SF 870 ) pro-poses
changes in the present
State Scholarship and Grant Pro-gram.
The range in amount of
scholarships is changed from the
present $200 - $800, to $100 -
$1000, with the basis shifting
from tuition and fees plus $100
for books to one-half of demon-strated
need.
This year twenty Bethel
students received $15 ,525 in
Minnesota State Grants and
Scholarships. It is probable that
more Bethel students who are
Minnesota residents will benefit
if the Legislature passes this bill.
Another bill is the Student
Loan Program (HF 1323 and SF
2102 ) which provides for loans
of up to $500 per semester for
not more than eight semesters,
interest free until six months
after graduation. This should
loosen up some of the tight
purse strings to allow students of
private colleges to get in-terest-
free loans.
Funding for the New Campus
may be benefitted by a third
bill, the Education Facilities Bill
(SF 1547 and HF 2580 ). This
bill establishes a Higher Educa-tion
Facilities Authority to make
tax-exempt bonds available for
private colleges.
This type of information
comes to the Bethel Community
through Dwight Jessup who is
Bethel's Legislative Representa-tive.
Bethel and fifteen other
colleges make up the Minnesota
Private College Council. This
Council serves as a lobby in the
state and national legislatures to
support the interests of the
Minnesota private colleges.
Dr. Edgar Carlson, Executive
Director of the Council states
that these three bills in question
will save the taxpayer money. It
costs the state a great deal less if
a Minnesota resident chooses to
attend a private college rather
than a state university. Thus,
strengthening private colleges
saves the state money.
Also, in the sixties the private
colleges added enrollemnt equal
to three state colleges, two and a
half UMD's or the metropolitan
junior colleges. Private colleges
in Minnesota have grown tre-mendously
and they could con-tinue
to grow with legislative
support.
Dwight Jessup has another
job in addition to providing in-formation.
He also attempts to
encourage the Bethel commun-ity
to write to legislators on
their interest in important bills.
Mr. Jessup believes that "to
really be effective you have to
effect elections."
I feel compelled to add a
little editorial comment. Fre-quently
we have been told to be-come
more politically active,
usually by signing petitions,
demonstrating, campaigning.
These ways are all somewhat
effective. But writing a member
of the legislature is also very
effective. In a sense, writing a
letter is harder to do than sign-ing
a petition or demonstrating.
You cannot hide in the annoni-mity
of a group.
All Minnesota residents who
are 19 and over can now vote in
all state and national elections.
We should exercise our powers
as citizens. If you need inform-ation
as to what district you are
from or who your representa-tives
are you can check the
Minnesota Legislative Manual
and the Legislative Directory
(both are in our library). Mr.
Jessup is also available for infor-mation.
He would like to know
if you wrote to your-representa-tive
and what type of response
you received.
The Bethel Student Senate
ratified a statement supporting
these bills. They are sending
copies of their statement to Rep-resentative
Robert North and
Senator John Tracy Anderson
who represent the district in
which Bethel is located. It would
be good for Bethel students to
follow the Senate's example. If
we don't speak up so as to be
heard, we will become the young
members of the Great Silent
Majority.
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We, the student Senate of Bethel College, representing the Student
body wish to urge passage of bills 5870, HF1323 and SF2102. We
feel these bills are vital in order to allow worthy students to con-tinue
with their education. Due to rising costs, some of our students
may not be able to continue here without' this additional aid in
grants and scholarships. As students in a private college we realize
we are in a position to benefit from passage of these bills.
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This is the fianl scene in "You Can't Take It With You." This
production is currently running in room 106 through May 8.
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Christian art
reveals Creator
rw"... The7 e a tendency among Christians to view today's I art as "out there in the world." When a Christian speaks
I of being an artist, we immediately imagine a person who
I does chalk-talks in church services or designs bulletins
for the morning worship hour. A really good artist makes I those illustrations we have all seen in Sunday school
I papers and flannel-graph kits.-
Is this Christian art? Not so! God never intended the
I artist to be so buried under a mountain of prejudice
and misunderstanding. The God-honoring artist is more
I than a mere pawn to be used as a communicative vehicle
second to preaching or singing. God intended that there
be artists who honor him and give their lives to this end I altogether.
Art is as Christ-like or anti-Christ like as people are.
I And we all know that some people are living for God and
A others are not. The creative efforts going on around
us, which are considered to be normal art, do not reflect
the life God intended for man. How then should the art-ist
fit as a cog in the wheel of Christian movement.
From the beginning of consideration on this issue, we I cannot reduce art to the level of just another occupation.
I Artistic ability is a definite endowment from God. It is
untrue to say, as many contemporary critics and artists
alike are saying, "everything is art, therefore there is no
I art:' This communicative talent must be viewed as a gift
I that not every man has received.
To be an artist is to be a communicator. It is to
express what most men can only desire to express. It ful-fills
basic drives of man. Humans need to find release in
expression, either their own or that of another. Man
wants to communicate his inner self in a way that words
cannot satisfy. Man needs to have symbols with which he
can identify and use to understand himself and his exis-tence.
So, the artist frees the creative drive present in all of
us. He cannot forget this role. All men can express them-selves,
but not all can do so as accurately and universally
as the artist. In expressing himself and making aesthetic-ally-
pleasing forms, he satisfies an urge common to all
men.
This responsibility to men need not stifle the artist's
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personal creativity and individualism if he is in constant
union with the Creator. Anything less than total sub-mission
to God is actually unnatural, against the original
creative act of God. Therefore, only the artist who is con-tinually
in God's control can be a complete artist in all
the ramifications of the word. Then and only then can he
portray a proper view of reality, nature, time and
mankind.
The artist who does not recognize God for who God
really is will invariably present an untrue view. God
is not religious. He completes all of life. He is the origin-ator
and sustainer of all things. So, there is purpose in be-ing.
There is order to physical existence. There is a
reality. There is a correct way of valuing the physical
and its stimuli.
The artist separated from God cannot possibly pre-by
Darrell Nelson
sent the truth. He finds only confusion. He does not
know to what degree he can trust his own senses so he
imagines other kinds of reality instead. True, there is
more than the physical sense and stimuli, but the artist
separated from God cannot perceive the proper balance.
He either views physical sensation as totally unreliable or
he views it as an end in itself. He either sees life as pur-poseless
or he conjures up a purpose other than the true
one, that of glorifying God. He is either overcome by
the evil of life or he ignores it.
Only by knowing God can the artist understand any
of these concepts in totality. Only the Spirit can
show the artist what is real and what is not or what is
true and what is not.
The artist who lives in submission to God can have a
totally realistic view of life. He can accept the
and positive aspects of life without being overcome by
either. This type of existence puts into proper perspec-tive
all of life - the present, the past, the future, the
physical, the mental, and the spiritual. It enables the art-ist
to correctly understand man's questions about life,
the presence of evil and injustice and the presence of
hope and victory. It enables him to be knowledgeable
and yet confident. Without God, man cannot accept
opposing truths. He cannot understand the coexistence
of good and evil or the mutual being of physical reality
and physical incompleteness. With God as the ruler of all,
the artist can aid in the praise of the Creator and also
portray the redeemed life to men outside of the union
with God.
The artist does things that other men cannot do. He
is needed. The Christian world must have artists who are
artists, not secondary decorators. They are needed be-cause
there is too little God-honoring art, and the public
needs to understand the true presence and purpose of
art.
The artist seeks to communicate Christ to unbelievers
as well as aiding the body in the area already discussed.
He is not only an evangelical of unique position nor is he
merely a creator of things to enjoy. He must consider the
urgency of spreading the gospel in the most effective
way. He must also understand the need of the body of
Christ to have visual expression and corporate symbolic
identity. He is much like other Christians except that his
sensitivities are more finely honed and his communicative
skills are much more accurate, universal, aesthetic, and
complete. He is like other believers in that he must seek
the perfection and complete emptying of potential that A
only Christ can motivate and properly direct. This is
why he cannot stop continually examining his own work
.,
I
and that of his contemporaries in a critical manner.
So, the God glorifying artist is actually a model of the
only true Creator. He therefore creates in a way that I
emulates God's creative acts. He reveals order, purpose, I
and meaning. God saw what He had done in his original
creation and said that it was good. In the same way the V
artist makes us aware of the continual creativity of God, I
negative and as such he is an important individual.
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You Can't Take It With You
Play entertains, portrays life
For the first time in Bethel's
history, students will have an
opportunity to accompany the
college choir on a humanities--
art, drama, and German culture
tour of Europe.
Leaving by charter plane
December 30, the group will fly
to Amsterdam to begin a thrity-day
tour of Austria, Belgium,
England, France, East and West
Germany, Holland, Switzerland
and Wales.
In addition to the choir's
scheduled European tour during
Interim '7 2 , the art, drama and
German departments will also be
touring the countries, spending
part of their time with the choir
and part on their own.
Gene Johnson will be guiding
the art group through variou
museums, cathedrals and other
areas of interest. Besides tourinr
and sight-seeing with the an
groups, drama students under
Dale Rott will be presenting-dramatic
productions on U.S.
Army and Air Force bases.
Heidi Weichsies will ahve the
German culture group, planning
to spend most of their time in
Germnay.
The basic idea behind the arts
and culture tour, according to
Dr. Robert Berglund, "is to pro-vide
an opportunity for students
to speiclaize in one area but also
to capitalize in areas of other
experiences."
For example, while each
group will be touring and study-ing
its own area in depth, all will
have an opportunity to attend
an opera or concert, certain
museums and cathedrals, and
perhaps a dramatic production
together.
Choir members will also be
able to tap. into one of the other
tours, and thereby gain credit
for their time in Europe.
Because the choir is sponser-ing
the tour, and a plane has
been chartered, the cost for the
entire trip, all food, traveling,
and housing expenses included,
is 5595. per student. Travel ser-vice
representatives said that it
would cost from S1800 to
$2000 to duplicate such a tour
individually.
A payment plan will be set up
by Sharon Watson
The Pulitzer Prize winning
play of 1936, "You Can't Take
It With You," is being presented
this week by a cast of 19 from
the Bethel Speech-Drama De-partment.
The play, a light comedy,
centers around a family that
refuses to have their actions
dictated by society. Each mem-ber
is characterized by a pecu-liar
habit such as dancing, snake
hunting, playwriting, or making
fireworks.
in the near future, with deposits
due before school is out. Watch
for reservation details if you ire
interested in being a part of the
Interim '72 European tour.
Band returns
to perform
The Bethel College Band, re-turning
from their ten-day spring
tour, will be performing a home-coming
concert a Trinity Bap-tist
Church this Sunday, May 9,
beginning at 7 :30 pm.
The tour, covering the three
states of Nebraska, Iowa, and
Colorado, promised to be worth-while.
The band has performed
in many conference churches, re-presenting
Jesus Christ and Beth-el
throughout the tour.
The Bethel Band says that
their purpose is to glorify God
through their music, and Sun-day's
homecoming will give the
Twin-City Area an opportunity
to evidence this same testimony
heard by several western states
in the past few days.
Attracted to this family is
an assemblage of unique char-acters
including a Russian bal-let
instructor, a welfare case,
and an alcoholic actress.
Together they find excite-ment,
relaxation, and "happi-ness."
Each allows the others
"to do their own thing."
Discord enters the household,
Play
Review
however, when a young daughter
falls in love with a member of
the establishment. The fireworks
begin to blow when the fan-Mies
of the young lovers have an
encounter.
The plot is carried by humor
both in lines and characters.
The characters are exaggerated
and sterotyped. Each of the
actors also exaggerate expression
to make it more comical. The
action is good and many times
it was difficult to decide who
to watch.
The purpose of the play,
which was realized, was enter-tainment.
Steve Terrel, director,
said they wanted "to offer
little variety in the types of
plays presented. Also, it's good
to leave the school year with a
laugh."
Even though the purpose of
the play was solely entertain-ment,
the play made several
comments. One was a reminder
of man's continual search for
happiness and satisfaction. The
grandfather left business because
he was unhappy. A business-man's
wife expressed her dissat-tisfaction
through a silly game
All of the characters were
searching in some way for mean-ing
in life. To one meaning was
found in playing the xylophone
and fiddling with a printing
press. To another meaning was
sou ht in reminiscin' of the •lo-rious
heritage of Russia before
the revolution. To the mother
meaning was found in playwri-ting--
the war play, the sex play,
the labor play--just play.
The significance of the play,
as indicated by the title, did
not go quite far enough. It only
saw the first part of Christ's
warning. "Do not lay up for
yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust consume
and where thieves break in and
steal," (for "You Can't Take
It With You").
The plot has potential with
some adaptation and revision
while still maintaining the hu-mor
to satisfy the rest of the
admonition from Matthew's
Gospel. "But lay up for your-selves
treasure in heaven where
neither moth nor rust consume
and where thieves do not break
in and steal."
It also could have given an
answer to the meaning of life.
"For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also."
Steve Terrel directing the
players in his current production.
Tour integrates the arts
Friday, May 7, 1971
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Chapel exchange creates interaction,
Wheaton group leaves favorably impressed with Bethel
by Eldon Elseth
Wednesday, April 22, a dark
blue and orange van pulled into
the Bethel College parking lot.
Who were these people? Simply
some students from our cousin
21 Years; Bethel Comes of
Age, is the title of this year's
All-School Banquet. This year
the banquet will be held Satur-day,
May, 22 at the Radissen
Hotel in Minneapolis.
The banquet committee un-der
the leadership of Steve Ter-rell,
has been working for the
past few months "to make this
year's banquet the best one
ever."
Hugh McLoed, head of the
program committee, indicated
that they have a great night lin-ed
up. "A few people are in for
a big surprise," says Hugh.
school, Wheaton College, who
came to present a chapel here.
It all started a year ago as an
experiment between the student
governments of both schools,
"in an attempt to create more
"The All-School Banquet is
just what the name implies,"
said one member of the commit-tee.
"It's kind of like chapel—
attendance is not required but,
you are expected to be there."
"Besides, it's your loss if you
don't go," another member add-ed.
"It's not a date affair at all."
As one committee member
said,"It's free, so what have you
got to loose? Join us for a great
time."
Tickets are free to all full-time
students, but they must be
picked up. Tickets may be
picked up at the ticket booth.
interaction between Wheaton
and Bethel." In it's initial year
it has become known as the
Bethel-Wheaton Chapel Ex-change
Program. Bethel students
Jon Lewis, Hugh McLeod
Becky Smith, and Eldon Elseth,
presented a similar chapel at
Wheaton on January 22 of this
year.
Six students from many dif-ferent
segments of the Wheaton
community presented the chapel
here last Thursday. Among the
group were Rich Flegle, a Min-nehaha
Academy graduate with
a fantastic voice; Lora Trail, a
Wheaton junior who has a sister
named Beth at Bethel; Jim Back-strom,
another junior who also
has a sister at Bethel; Tom
Aadlund, a resident of Anoka,
Minnesota; Lee Howard, an M.K.
from Ecuador; and John Rich-ards,
a sophomore involved in
Wheaton student government.
Also with the group was Miss Pat
Milegan, director of Christian
Service at Wheaton.
Most of the group said that
they were impressed with the
unity and friendliness of Bethel
students, although Tom Aadland
noted that Bethel and Wheaton
students seem much the same
with similar hangups.
Lee Howard said that he felt
a sense of closeness during his
short stay here and would you
believe, even sensed an atmos-phere
of intelligence? "It was
good to speak in a chapel," Lee
also added,"where students were
not required to attend as at
Wheaton, but rather wanted to
be there."
Jim Backstrom, president of
Wheaton Christian Service Coun-cil,
was also favorably impressed,
although he wasn't sure about
the change in his sister Mary-esp-ecially
with her long hair.
Jim further remarked that
there was value in chapel ex-change,
but it's purpose should
not be just for "showing off
one's school or to merely give
information about what is hap-pening."
Rather,"it should be
geared to what is helpful and
inspiring" for the two schools
in common.
Both Jim and Tom thought
that Wheaton and Bethel were
experiencing a spiritual awak-ening,
and that communication
such 'as this is helpful to both
schools.
The chapel seemed to be well
recieved by Bethel students.
Beth Trail, for example, pointed
out that her sister Lora "was
the best looking speaker" in the
group and that she did an "ex-cellent
job of expressing her at-titudes
as a Wheaton student."
Several members of the group
here
their desire to stay
longer, and Lee said he
hoped we could develop a four.
or five day exchange program
between Bethel and Wheaton
students. He felt that such a pro-gram
would definitely be
valuable.
Before the group left, Dr. Art
Lewis, a former -Wheaton stu-dent,
warned them not to ex-ceed
70 mph on Interstate 94,
recalling his own experiences on
that freeway. And with those
wise words, the dark-blue and
orange colored van departed.
Free banquet promises
surprises, great time
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James first in St. Cloud 440
A week ago Saturday, April
24, Bethel hosted the fifth an-nuel
Bethel Relays which inclu-ded
six teams. Up against very
stiff competition from both the
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other teams and the wind
Firsts were taken in both the
the trackmen did not manage 440 and mile relays. Rick Cas-any
first or seconds. Thirds were teel won the javelin. Phil James
taken however in the javelin won the 440 with a 50.9 fol-relay,
440, 880, and mile relays
as well as the high hurdles.
make entires in the distance
bers, the team was unable to
Plagued again by lack of num-
51.6.
double loss to Phil at Southwest
lowed closely by Bob Berggren's
Bob, still heated over his
relays and some field events. Baptist College, came to beat
Poor hand-offs also proved to be him by a tenth of a second in
the 220 and took first place.
costly in many of the relays. Gary Hipp won the intermediates
wSto.n J tohhen m'se eUtn. iversity handily and placed second in the highs.
Rick Berggren took a second in
The following Monday, April the 880.
26, proved to be a far better Saturday, May 1, the team
meet for the team. Out of the travelled to St. Cloud for a 13-
six teams represented at the Con- team invitational meet. For the
cordia Invitational, Bethel placed most part, individual perform-second
only to Anoka-Ramsey. ances were not good.
The strength Anoka-Ramsey ex- Phil James however, won the
hibited in the distance events, 440 yard dash and took home a
especially the three-mile in trophy for his 50.5 lead on the
which they scored thirteen field. The mile relay team fin-points,
resulted in their one and ished fifth overall.
a half point margin over Bethel. This Saturday, May 8, Bethel
will compete in the Macalester
Some of the times recorded Invitational. It promises to ofer
against a strong headwind on the fine competition and a good
"cement" dirt track were very track. Each member will be striv-good.
Strongest, events continu- ing for individual bests since
ed to be the 220 and 440. places will be hard to come by.
to St. Thomas by ••eating them
by that same score. This vic-tory
was very satisfying to the
team.
Senior co-captain Gary Ask,
now playing 2nd singles for
Bethel, won an easy pro set
10-1. Steve Bloom (no. 3 ), Pete
Calhoun (no. 4 ), Dave Selvig
(no. 5 ), and Jim V. Nelson
(no. 6 ) were also winners.
Our other Jim Nelson, ham-pered
by a knee injury, will
hopefully be able to play today
in Bethel's biggest home match
of the year against WSU at Eau
Claire. The match begins at 3 :00
p.m .
Saturday the tennis team
entertains Dr. Martin Luther
College in another home match
at 1 :00 p.m.
Bethel's record, including a
default from Northwestern
College of Iowa, now stands at
seven wins and only one loss.
Coach Narvaez feels that this
team is probably the best in
Bethel's history.
by Rich Zaderaka
Bethel's baseball team lost all four of their games last week
causing their season record to slide to 4-8. In at least five of the de-feats,
one bad inning spelled the difference. The team has consis-tently
let a couple of bad breaks get them down, whereupon the
roof caves in.
Hamline had a nine-run inning a couple of weeks ago, and an-other
big inning last week. Carleton had four and five run innings in
the doubleheader last Saturday and the University freshman also
came up with a big rally to hand the Royals a defeat.
The team seems to be lacking the aggressive attitude necessary
to prevent little mistakes from turning into big disasters.
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The racket squad is off to an extremely successful start so far
having won seven of eight matches. The record would be six and one
except for some unethical tactics on the part of one of Morris' net-sters.
Kim Gustafson led the Royal team with a six and zero record
going into this week.
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Bob Elliott and a friend had just finished playing a 145-yard
hole, and were about to move on to the next hole, when a shot came
over the ridge that his the tee-off spot from view. The ball stopped
18 inches from the cup.
"Let's give this fellow the thrill of his life," said Bob tapping
the ball into the cup.
They watched as the golfer came over the ridge onto the green
looked into the cup, and saw his ball. The fellow's excited cry
startled them.
"Harry, Harry, I made it in SIX !!"
Bethel's tennis team travelled
to River Falls, Wisconsin, last
week to play Wisconsin State
University. WSU fielded one of
the best teams seen by Bethel
this year, but the Bethel squad,
playing some of its finest tennis
of the year, came home a winner
with a 6-3 victory.
Steve Bloom, one of Bethel's
veteran players, won the key
match (4 -6 , 6 -4 , 6 -4 ) that clinch-ed
Bethel's win. Steve put toge-ther
all the parts of his game and
his was the outstanding match.
Kim Gustafson, Gary Ask,
and Steve Lee were easy victors
in other singles matches.
Bethel's match against the
University of Minnesota at
Morris ended with an unfortu-nate
dispute over the poor line
calls of a Morris player. Since
there was no accepted victor,
the match became essentially a
tough scrimmage.
On Monday, the Bethel net-men
avenged last year's 7-2 loss
Kim Gustafson returns volley in doubles play. The team, believed to be the best in Bethel's
history, now stands a seven wins and only one lose.
Bethel competes at Macalester eansmemmilimmum
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